Re: question about updating to 15.0

Am 05.12.2025 um 14:30:08 Uhr schrieb Warner Losh:

> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am 05.12.2025 um 17:42:12 Uhr schrieb Marco Moock:
> >  
> > > |1) To update your system via a binary patch:
> > > |
> > > |Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64 or
> > > arm64 |platforms, or the i386 platform on FreeBSD 13, can be
> > > updated via the |freebsd-update(8) utility:
> > > |
> > > |# freebsd-update fetch
> > > |# freebsd-update install
> > >
> > > That sounds like if you have a current OS version, you can
> > > upgrade.  
> >
> > I've now tried that from 14.3-p6 and that failed.
> > libutil.so.9 is missing and that breaks sudo. su is working, so I
> > was able to run pkg bootstrap -f and then pkg upgrade - this fixed
> > the issue.
> >
> > TLDR: It is recommended to test root login without sudo before
> > starting the upgrade.
> >  
> 
> You should update all packages immediately before rebooting when
> upgrading major releases.

IIRC after the kernel update freebsd-update suggests to reboot and then
it installs the base packages. After that it recommended to run pkg
bootstrap -f.
It didn't say explicitly that upgrading all the packages with pkg is a
necessary step before the reboot.

-- 
Gruß
Marco

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